Post Archive by Year

On March 11th, a 9.0 earthquake shook the Earth near Japan.  This was the world’s fifth strongest earthquake since 1900, and it moved the island of Hoshnu eight feet east!  The ferocity of the quake … Read More

by Jill Dixon I turned 40 this year.  I know it’s not written anywhere, but I just kind of thought that once you hit 40, you KNOW things. You are more spiritual, more discerning….those kinds … Read More

We have been friends for close to two decades.  Donna and I have enjoyed laughs, hikes, Bible studies, conversation, cross-country skiing and fabulous meals together with John and Jane Doe.  It was the sort of … Read More

If you’re anything like me, when you hear the call to prepare for the Lord’s Supper by confessing your sins, you never think, “Golly, I did pretty well this week.  I can’t think of a … Read More

Have you noticed how difficult it is for us moderns to utter the word death?  It seems we will substitute just about any euphemistic word or phrase before we speak this epithet that insults our … Read More

Twenty-five years ago, Neil Postman wrote Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, a short book about what television is doing to us.  In short, this professor of communication arts … Read More